M. Daguerre's process completely satisfies art's every need, as the results prove. It carries some of its basic qualities to such perfection that it will become for even the most skillful painters a subject for observation and study.


As quoted in: French daguerreotypes (University of Chicago Press, 1989), p. 7


M. Daguerre's process completely satisfies art's every need, as the results prove. It carries some of its basic qualities to such perfection that it...

M. Daguerre's process completely satisfies art's every need, as the results prove. It carries some of its basic qualities to such perfection that it...

M. Daguerre's process completely satisfies art's every need, as the results prove. It carries some of its basic qualities to such perfection that it...

M. Daguerre's process completely satisfies art's every need, as the results prove. It carries some of its basic qualities to such perfection that it...